Population recovery and differential heat shock protein expression for the corals Agaricia agaricites and A. tenuifolia in Belize

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 283, Issue , 2004, Pages 151-160

  Robbart, Martha L ^a,b   Peckol, Paulette ^a   Scordilis, Stylianos P ^a   Curran, H Allen ^a   Brown Saracino, Jocelyn ^a  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PBS and J   (United States)

Author keywords

Agaricia; Coral reefs; ENSO episodes; Heat shock proteins; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HEAT SHOCK; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

BELIZE; CENTRAL AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AGARICIA; AGARICIA AGARICITES; AGARICIA TENUIFOLIA; ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 11244297841     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps283151     Document Type: Article

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